There has been chaos at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi international airport since it was occupied by anti-government protesters.
Just left before this happened. . . I saw the demonstraters blockading the main freeway entrance. Literally, the airport shutdown. . . happened just after I got on the plane. My taxi driver went a round a bout way to get me to Suvarnabhumi International Airport. He kept apologizing tome for his nation. And asked if i would please come back. Pray for Thailand.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7749684.stm
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Market Meltdowns--Expanded Version of Earlier Post
http://blog.christianitytoday.com/outofur/archives/2008/11/gods_voice_amid.html
Friday, November 14, 2008
The Days After the RACE
The Days After the Race
Blue.
Red.
Democratic.
Republican.
McCain
Obama
No matter what your party affiliation, like me, you probably were proud of both candidates’ speeches and posture on election night. Their eloquence and humility represented the best of America. But more than the speeches something else changed this week domestically and globally. Did you sense it?
Why was the whole world elated? Why were so many different cultures and nations crying tears of joy and a new generation of young people energized? What gave hope in the midst of chaos and market meltdowns?
Many people who are of marginalized descent may know.
I was born in a multi-cultural home in Seoul. My father is of Irish-American descent and my mother of Korean heritage. Growing up, I really didn’t know I was a minority or somewhat of an outsider until I experienced racism and prejudice when I was in elementary school in Arizona. I heard people call me and my family “chinks”, laugh at my Korean mom’s accent or at her awkward social interactions, and later in university, located in the Bible Belt, I was told I couldn’t date Caucasian because I looked Asian (genetically I’m half. . . Koreans have strong genes!). All that to say, I’m not sure until you’re placed in a position of marginality or a freak that you can understand a person who lives in the margins. Sure we’ve all faced moments of prejudice but to be Black in some parts of the South or Latino in an exclusive part of Los Angeles can easily go beyond someone calling you a name
This week there was a domestic and global collective sense of amazement, dreams realized and hopes restored among many who feel marginalized or victimized because of color or class. You know how it is when you’re with someone of similar cultural descent, experience and heritage. . . you don’t have to say anything. . . they just feel you.. Without speaking a word, they relate to you. People who live in the margins of our world or understand classism, whether they’re White, Black, Brown or whatever, got it last night when a, a third culture native, became President-Elect. Many representing the margins and understanding the life of an outsider wept tears of joy not because of a party victory but because of the hope that an outsider can rise to a place of such influence and position. Sure many evangelicals may not understand why people from all the political parties are filled with hope and so emotionally moved. Part of the answer may be because Obama represents more than himself. He represents victims of historical oppression and prejudice both inside and outside of America. He represents multiple cultures and classes. Like when the walls of Berlin came down, the walls of racism and unilateralism were being destroyed the night of November 4, 2008. It wasn’t just about the election of a President. . . it was about a dream being fulfilled. The marginalized have a voice and a place. The election of our President-Elect let the world know that the American Dream is alive and well. And the dream of Martin Luther King Jr. is being realized.
Blue.
Red.
Democratic.
Republican.
McCain
Obama
No matter what your party affiliation, like me, you probably were proud of both candidates’ speeches and posture on election night. Their eloquence and humility represented the best of America. But more than the speeches something else changed this week domestically and globally. Did you sense it?
Why was the whole world elated? Why were so many different cultures and nations crying tears of joy and a new generation of young people energized? What gave hope in the midst of chaos and market meltdowns?
Many people who are of marginalized descent may know.
I was born in a multi-cultural home in Seoul. My father is of Irish-American descent and my mother of Korean heritage. Growing up, I really didn’t know I was a minority or somewhat of an outsider until I experienced racism and prejudice when I was in elementary school in Arizona. I heard people call me and my family “chinks”, laugh at my Korean mom’s accent or at her awkward social interactions, and later in university, located in the Bible Belt, I was told I couldn’t date Caucasian because I looked Asian (genetically I’m half. . . Koreans have strong genes!). All that to say, I’m not sure until you’re placed in a position of marginality or a freak that you can understand a person who lives in the margins. Sure we’ve all faced moments of prejudice but to be Black in some parts of the South or Latino in an exclusive part of Los Angeles can easily go beyond someone calling you a name
This week there was a domestic and global collective sense of amazement, dreams realized and hopes restored among many who feel marginalized or victimized because of color or class. You know how it is when you’re with someone of similar cultural descent, experience and heritage. . . you don’t have to say anything. . . they just feel you.. Without speaking a word, they relate to you. People who live in the margins of our world or understand classism, whether they’re White, Black, Brown or whatever, got it last night when a, a third culture native, became President-Elect. Many representing the margins and understanding the life of an outsider wept tears of joy not because of a party victory but because of the hope that an outsider can rise to a place of such influence and position. Sure many evangelicals may not understand why people from all the political parties are filled with hope and so emotionally moved. Part of the answer may be because Obama represents more than himself. He represents victims of historical oppression and prejudice both inside and outside of America. He represents multiple cultures and classes. Like when the walls of Berlin came down, the walls of racism and unilateralism were being destroyed the night of November 4, 2008. It wasn’t just about the election of a President. . . it was about a dream being fulfilled. The marginalized have a voice and a place. The election of our President-Elect let the world know that the American Dream is alive and well. And the dream of Martin Luther King Jr. is being realized.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Friday, November 7, 2008
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Global MBA!
Jennifer Allen, who is on staff with Amextra and on the core of our NEWSONG Mexico Team won an MBA! Check it out:
http://www.myfoxboston.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=801B17FE176EDAC1CACB3B6265F6700A?contentId=7778029&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1
http://www.myfoxboston.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=801B17FE176EDAC1CACB3B6265F6700A?contentId=7778029&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1
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